Christmas Cards!!!

The other night I started to work on some Christmas cards and I just LOVE making Christmas cards!  These are a few of the ones that I have completed.

This card is called Christmas House and I just love how it turned out.  I don't know if you can see the stickles surrounding the house or not.  It was used to give it a snowy effect.

This card is entitled Season's Greetings and I decided to use non-traditional colors of pink and green together.  I think it turned out quite nicely.  The "Season's Greetings" is a rub on on the pink ribbon.

And last but not least, my Wonderful Time card. This card is pretty simple, but I thought on this card that less is more.

Christmas for me has such sentimental value.  It to me is a time for family to get closer even if only for a few days during the holiday season, it just gives me that warm and fuzzy feeling all over.  I have a new boyfriend who I look forward to spending these times with for years to come and creating new traditions with.  Christmas has always been a time of giving for me, I would rather than give than receive.  Perhaps that's selfish of me but I love to see the look on someones face when they open their gift/card and know they are thought of in a special way.

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Baby Shower Invitations Completed and Were a Hit!

Well I have finished the baby shower invitations, delivered them and they were a hit!  Angela and her mom loved them to death!  I am so pleased with that!  They even said they liked them better than the professional invites that they had. When it came time to pay me they asked how much, I told them and they insisted on giving me more than I asked for...!

Here are the pictures of them...the front of the invite has vellum over it and this may be why it's hard to see on here.

The green and pink butterflies are heat embossed and the flower to the bottom left; all of that is dry embossed and painted in.

This has a butterfly that I created on my Sizzix Big Shot

I hope you like these as well, I just know that I am very pleased that she likes them so much.

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CKC Scrapbook Convention - Cincinnati

I have signed up for a couple of classes this year for the CKC Scrapbook Convention here in Cincinnati, Ohio.  This will be my first convention that I will be attending, and I am really excited about it.  I have signed up for Boxer Palooza 2010 and this is a lecture style class where over 40 new techniques will be discussed, as well as a chance to receive some new product!  I have also opted to take a class on cards.  I want to see what new techniques are out there that I have yet to try/learn so that I can create some more beautiful cards.

I will also try to contain myself for when it comes time to shop around at the convention ~help!~ LoL!  I will have to save up some money for this event I can tell you that now.


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I went to the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival!!!

Wednesday July 21st we went to the Mayhem Festival. Here are some pictures that I took. 

Rob Zombie walked RIGHT in front of me and it was great!  He looked good! :)  Tami got his autograph as well.

Rain pelted us all day though but it didnt matter to us, we still had a great time even though we were soaked literally head to toe.

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Today I attended Lake Waynoka Day in Sardinia, Ohio.  I had a table there displaying my cards & scrapbook.  While I was there to sell cards, my main intention was to get the word out about who I am and what it is that I love to do.  I met some very nice people who one of them is on the Lake Waynoka committee (I believe this is what she said), and she took my business card and invited me to their big craft show in Oct.  Very excited about this because she said Lake Waynoka advertises a lot for this event.  Over 400 people usually come to the craft show I was also told by her!!! Wow!  So I will be keeping you up to date on this newly added event!

Cards on coming to me for the two charities from the wonderful ladies of the PBS_Swappers.  I will be shipping out the cards to Operation Write Home and Amy's Angels in about 3 weeks.  I'm so happy to be a part of this!  This is all working out perfect.

I just wanted to write a little bit and let you know how today went at the craft show.  More later!

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Decided On Theme For My First ATC's

I was looking all over the Internet at ideas and themes for ATC's, and there ARE MANY!  I thought I would like to do something sort of easy since this is my first attempt at making ATC's.  Colors!  Of course, why hadn't I thought of that a couple weeks ago?! 

So I had color in my head but how was I going to incorporate that it into a real theme. Well, I was looking around for something to store my the blank ATC cards I have and when I came to this little metal box I've had for years, I knew I had found a theme because inside was a color chart for Chakras!

~My Little Stars & Moon Tin~

~The Colour Energy Chart I Found Inside~

Google images was a lifesaver for this project in the works, because I came across the symbols for each color!  How perfect!

~My Work In Progress Red Chakra #1~

~My Work In Progress Red Chakra #2~

What I am doing to create at least the red chakra is taking vellum and my handy light box  to trace the symbol onto the vellum, then I used red Stickles to fill in the areas needed.  The vellum will then be cut out and placed on the card as will the rest of what I decide to do with it, when I have completed it to my liking. 

I am hardly anywhere near finished with this ATC obviously but I will post my progress as I continue with this project.

Thank you for taking a look today, more to follow soon.

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A Photo A Day ~This is my own personal Challenge~

One thing that I have been really wanting to do is A Photo A Day Scrapbook.  So here goes nothing, right?  I have everything that I need, including "A Photo A Day" stamp set.  I am going to not just take pics of myself, but of EVERYTHING.  My apartment, my kitties, the scenic view from my balcony of they night/day sky.  I want this to be something that I can look back onto and see how things and I have changed in a year from now.  I will be posting pictures of this as it progresses. Probably once a week, or everyday. I never know from day to day what I will be working on. 

So I want to welcome you into this little venture of mine and let me know what you think.  Have you ever created a photo a day journal?  If so, any tips? 

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It's Christmas in July!!!

Today I am going to start working on Christmas cards to get ready to send out to "Operation Write Home".  I will post pics later on to show you what I have created.

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Advice needed on ATC's, plus more information on new charity we are joining forces with, and more cards of course!

I bet you're wondering "what's with all the congratulation cards?", well let me tell you. The yahoo group I belong to is having a card swap and this particular swap calls for a congratulation card. So that is why I have been posting so many new "Congrats" and "Congratulations" cards. I have had a blast making them. I cannot wait to see what the other's in the group send out. I am sure they are gorgeous :)

The other cards are for general and hopefully I will be able to sell some at next weekend's event in Sardinia, Ohio.

I am going to also start working on more Christmas cards for a little bit as well as cards "for him" so that I can get them ready to send out to Dixie who is part of the organization "Operation Write Home".

The PBS_Swappers {the yahoo group I belong to} has also join in helping out one more organization; "Cards by Amy's Angels". There is a link to their website here on my blog. This organization sends out handmade greetings to cancer patients as well as their care-takers all over the world. So you will also be seeing a lot more "thinking of you" and "get well" cards posted here as well as I get them ready to send to my contact there.

I am so happy to now be a part of these two great charities. Doing for others, no matter how small is really a great feeling I'm learning. I am also going to start working on something new myself that I have never tried before. ATC's {Artist Trading Cards}. I have browsed the web and found a lot of good articles out there on the subject, but I will admit, I am nervous about trying them. Oh I'm going to do it, that's not the problem, I just still would like some advice on how to really go about making them. Some advice for beginners from anyone of you would be GREATLY appreciated! :) I've got the supplies, that being the blank cards themselves. Other than that, I'm at a loss. So HELP!

Why am I wanting to do this all of the sudden? Well what honestly prompted me was that the PBS_Swappers are having an ATC swap soon and I really want to take part. The other reason is because I do not want to limit myself to JUST greeting cards & scrapbooking. I want to continually learn and be challenged. I have seen some ATC's and WoW, I certainly have my work cut out for me. What I am really struggling with is the topic to create about. I have so many idea's running through my head and still nothing sticks for very long before I think "Yea I could do that theme instead". So if you have some theme ideas for me that would be excellent!

Smiles!
Christy

My Camera Needs A Charge

Here I was already to take more pictures of the cards I have completed, but nooooo! My camera decided that she needed a recharge. So shortly I will have some pictures up for you to view :)

New Responsibilities...I can do it!

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale~

I have joined a group on yahoo and volunteered to head up the Charity portion of the group and already I am lovin' it! And that just happened today! I have already found and been in contact with an organization called Operation Write Home. It is where you send the troops handmade cards that they can send back home to their loved ones. So I'm really excited about starting on that!

Also I have recently been asked to make 30 Baby Shower invitations, so I am in process of getting those designed and ready to make. I'm in my crazy-hectic phase right now because I #1 Want to deliver the invites on time #2 Want the client to love them #3 Making more cards for the Lake Waynoka days that will be July 17th. So as you can see I am a busy bee now-a-days. I am in no way complaining here, I am really enjoying all the work, just letting you all know what's is going on here with me.

More later ~cards now~ hehe!

Smiles!

Christy

WoW, WhaT aWeeK! {And it's only midnight the start of Tuesday}

I have been super busy here lately. Grinding out the cards left & right! Go ME! WoOt! {LoL} Yea, so I really don't have much time other than to really post the pics of the cards at the moment. I'm sorry but I will write more later.
This picture here is my pink Slice apron that I actually won for a scrapbook challenge and I am sooo glad I did too. I use it EVERY time I craft. This pic was taken yesterday July 5th and as you can see the long hair is a wee bit haggered looking, but hey, I was having fun, I don't care :)
The picture directly below me in my apron is just a part of my newly organize craft area. Yes I said area, I do not have a room :( I know sad isn't it. However, I love this shelving unit and the totes are all labled and I actually know where most of my things are and what's more important than that, I actually know what I have now! I mean I tell you I have found so many things that I said "I didn't know I had one of these or those or this or that". So yea it's great. I owe it all to Eric, he did all this, from the idea to the purchasing to assembling to buying the totes to just being a great supportive man :) These are most of the cards that I have completed from Sunday night July 4th thru the night into July 5th: Please let me know what you think :) More tomorrow {Card and info}. Right now I have to make more cards!